– Part 1: 海外茶闻 –

Computers to merge with humans
By 2020, the terms “interface” and “users” will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans. It predicts fundamental changes in the field of so-called Human-Computer Interaction(HCI).

Apple, google and everyone else - Who owns the customer experience?
This is not an article for you to read, but I personally think the writer raised an interesting question, “Who actually owns the design of user experience?” We all know who it should be, but what’s the answer in the real world?

Middle-aged users’ declining web performance
This is a nice summary of Jakob Nielsen’s recent article. The main purpose of this article is trying to raise the awareness of designing for older generations, but only for IT geeks.

Extreme user research
Most of us have more or less experienced that in the real business it is always difficult to conduct a detailed user study because of the time, resources and costs etc. Hence, user experience researchers have been looking for alternative research methods that would give us most useful results within the availability.

How can you boost your web site’s credibility?
Trying to make your website incredible but still usable? Here are some guidelines provided by Stanford persuasive technology lab. Be aware - there are lots of research papers, so you might want to save them for later.

Usability and user experience: A beginner’s guide
This guide is suitable for those who are interested in learning usability and UX in the company. It’s fairly basic level but a good starting point. (You need to register before you can download the guide)

Scientific web design: 23 actionable lessons from eye-tracking studies
We’ve shown you various articles on eye-tracking before. It is definitely a technology that is growing rapidly in UX studies. Although this article didn’t bring any incredible results, it is a useful summary that you could instantly apply to your web design.

—–Part2：国内茶闻—–

[研究]用户体验设计者脑中的图
http://www.blueidea.com/design/doc/2008/5564.asp

[动态]腾迅改版
http://www.prower.cn/?p=116
[知识]可用性都有哪些原理和心理学知识呢?这位仁兄or前辈为我们整理了,感谢感谢
http://www.blueidea.com/design/doc/2008/5538.asp

[研究调查]用户为中心设计在国内IT企业的现状

http://www.blueidea.com/news/other/2008/5464.asp

[现状]国产手机的困境和突围

http://it.enorth.com.cn/system/2008/04/07/003096074.shtml

[新闻]在提供用户体验方面，英特尔还有非常大的空间

http://notebook.pconline.com.cn/news/industry/0804/1260132.html

[新闻]微软 Dynamics CRM 4.0新亮点—易用性

http://www.enet.com.cn/article/2008/0327/A20080327198468.shtml

—–Part3：交互创新案例—–

大部分软件的拖拽动作都有handle。鼠标在handle上，鼠标指针会有所变化。
更多的关于拖拽的设计模式，请参考雅虎的Design Pattern:
http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/pattern.php?pattern=dragdropmodules

对于具有固定方向的拖拽动作，大家喜欢使用凹凸不平的表面感来表示隐喻。有的使用双向箭头。

Windows XP

Excel 2007

Facebook.com

OneNote 2007

其他的拖拽方式就会像这样：

One note 的控制柄在左上方。

www.backpackit.com 的拖拽的做法我觉得相对完备。

鼠标悬浮前

鼠标悬浮在可拖拽对象上

鼠标悬浮在handle上

拖拽时

本期采茶人： Jessie Shen (The UX side of ME ) & 包总(OM19’s Time) & 李少

如您有英文阅读习惯，不妨来做采茶人。